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    Once-upon-a-time an aspiring surgeon and now a down-on-his-luck vet Xie Lian is struggling to keep his little clinic open. He's not doing very well until one night a handsome stranger bursts in, begging him to save his dog.

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    07 Jul 2025

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    Lost in the Tide by kianspo

    Once-upon-a-time an aspiring surgeon and now a down-on-his-luck vet Xie Lian is struggling to keep his little clinic open. He's not doing very well until one night a handsome stranger bursts in, begging him to save his dog.

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    Mei Nianqing is still proud of his former pupil—and why SHOULDN’T he be? Despite 800 years and, ahem, a little rebellious phase, Xie Lian still had all the qualities of the perfect student: diligent, intelligent, celibate—yes, CELIBATE! Surely he was still celibate, even after running off with that no-good ghost king, right? After all, he's Xie Lian! He wouldn’t break his principles, especially not over someone like that.

    But, over the course of a prolonged stay at paradise manor, the evidence starts building up...and to his horror, Guoshi is beginning to suspect that...his star pupil, his pure snow-white lotus...His Highness the Crown Prince...

    ...IS SECRETLY TEACHING HUA CHENG CALLIGRAPHY!!!

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    19 Jul 2025

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    GUOSHI IS THIS CLOSE TO FIGURING IT OUT!!!!!!!

    Mei Nianqing is still proud of his former pupil—and why SHOULDN’T he be? Despite 800 years and, ahem, a little rebellious phase, Xie Lian still had all the qualities of the perfect student: diligent, intelligent, celibate—yes, CELIBATE! Surely he was still celibate, even after running off with that no-good ghost king, right? After all, he's Xie Lian! He wouldn’t break his principles, especially not over someone like that.

    But, over the course of a prolonged stay at paradise manor, the evidence starts building up...and to his horror, Guoshi is beginning to suspect that...his star pupil, his pure snow-white lotus...His Highness the Crown Prince...

    ...IS SECRETLY TEACHING HUA CHENG CALLIGRAPHY!!!

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    An enraged ghost refuses to leave a village alone until they give him the world's rarest soup, a delicacy so rare that the recipe has been lost to the ages. Luckily, Xie Lian knows where to look for long-lost scrolls.

    There's just one problem: the main ingredient is...

    Raising a brow, Hua Cheng held out his hand, receiving the scroll from a profusely sweating Yin Yu. He held it up, skimming it with his one eye.
    His brow rose even higher.
    “What?” Xie Lian said innocently. “What is it, what’s the ingredient?”
    The two others turned and looked at him.
    ...
    ...
    ...
     “A—a heavenly official’s WHAT?!"

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    05 Aug 2025

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    Gamer God Bathwater by VampireFaun

    An enraged ghost refuses to leave a village alone until they give him the world's rarest soup, a delicacy so rare that the recipe has been lost to the ages. Luckily, Xie Lian knows where to look for long-lost scrolls.

    Raising a brow, Hua Cheng held out his hand, receiving the scroll from a profusely sweating Yin Yu. He held it up, skimming it with his one eye.
    His brow rose even higher.
    “What?” Xie Lian said innocently. “What is it, what’s the ingredient?”
    The two others turned and looked at him.
    ...
    “A—a heavenly official’s WHAT?!"

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    When Hua Cheng loses all his memories of Xie Lian, afflicted by a tricky curse, there’s only one way to get them back: Xie Lian has to get Hua Cheng to kiss him.

    It shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

    Xie Lian has a plan.


    “Greetings, Chengzhu,” Xie Lian said. “Apologies for the intrusion. Actually, I’ve been gifted to you by the heavens as a…”
    His voice caught.
    “I mean, to—”
    Xie Lian’s cheeks suddenly felt hot, and his palms grew damp under the rope binding his arms together. Beneath Hua Cheng’s piercing stare from above, he lost his cool.
    “As your,” he stammered. “Um, as—well—if you want, I’ve been sent to you as—I’m here to be your—”

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    26 Aug 2025

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    Thousand Gold Come-And-Go Stew by VampireFaun

    When Hua Cheng loses all his memories of Xie Lian, afflicted by a tricky curse, there’s only one way to get them back: Xie Lian has to get Hua Cheng to kiss him.

    It shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

    Xie Lian has a plan.

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    Mu Qing has to send a clone down to answer a prayer and it runs into a long forgotten crown prince.

    This is just a silly little story about Xie Lian and Mu Qing meeting by accident about 200 years into Xie Lian's banishment.

    It involves a stolen spiritual item, an ugly dog, and several rogue clones.

    Remember when Xie Lian mentioned not recognizing Mu Qing's voice because he hadn’t seen him in ‘five or six hundred years’? This is that time!

     

    This story is for @Ameji’s TGCF Clone Week, and each chapter (day) follows as many of the prompts as I can manage to get in there. There are clones, but I will not /exactly/ be using these prompts for their intended clone-related purpose jsyk lmao. At least not all of them. Honestly, I have no idea what I was doing with this.

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    17 Sep 2025

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    Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea by starvingwritist

    Mu Qing has to send a clone down to answer a prayer and it runs into a long forgotten crown prince.

    This is just a silly little story about Xie Lian and Mu Qing meeting by accident about 200 years into Xie Lian's banishment.

    It involves a stolen spiritual item, an ugly dog, and several rogue clones.

    Remember when Xie Lian mentioned not recognizing Mu Qing's voice because he hadn’t seen him in ‘five or six hundred years’? This is that time!